Which school has the best GCSE results in Waltham Forest?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest tops the table in Waltham Forest with 64.2, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Waltham Forest schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Waltham Forest show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Waltham Forest GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

17 state secondary schools in Waltham Forest ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 17 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Waltham Forest ranked on Attainment 8

17 of 17 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Waltham Forest ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest London · Free schools	64.2	32%	81%	88%	–	122
2	Walthamstow School for Girls London · Community school	57.9	24%	66%	81%	–	180
3 , up 3 places since 2025	Norlington School and 6th Form London · Academy converter	54.1	21%	63%	79%	–	153
4	Walthamstow Academy London · Academy sponsor led	52.9	25%	63%	79%	–	175
5 , down 2 places since 2025	Connaught School for Girls London · Academy converter	50.4	15%	52%	70%	–	128
6 , up 3 places since 2025	George Mitchell School London · Academy converter	50.2	6%	51%	73%	–	113
7= , up 3 places since 2025	Frederick Bremer School London · Community school	49.7	16%	50%	69%	–	173
7= , down 2 places since 2025	Leytonstone School London · Community school	49.7	15%	57%	75%	–	204
9 , down 2 places since 2025	Highams Park School London · Academy converter	49.1	12%	51%	71%	–	237
10 , up 4 places since 2025	Buxton School London · Foundation school	48.6	15%	49%	66%	–	133
11 , up 2 places since 2025	Holy Family Catholic School London · Voluntary aided school	48.1	12%	47%	69%	–	196
12 , down 4 places since 2025	Chingford Foundation School London · Academy converter	45.9	14%	46%	68%	–	230
13 , down 2 places since 2025	Heathcote School & Science College London · Community school	44.0	9%	44%	60%	–	156
14 , down 3 places since 2025	Willowfield School London · Community school	43.5	15%	42%	59%	–	207
15 , up 2 places since 2025	South Chingford Foundation School London · Academy sponsor led	42.8	13%	36%	55%	–	86
16	Lammas School London · Academy converter	41.0	14%	36%	52%	–	118
17 , down 2 places since 2025	Kelmscott School London · Community school	37.5	6%	26%	50%	–	196

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Waltham Forest with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Big Creative Independent School Walthamstow · Other independent school	1.0	0%	6
Forest School London · Other independent school	13.6	0%	189
Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School London · Other independent school	56.1	68%	19
Normanhurst School London · Other independent school	63.9	87%	37

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Waltham Forest on our composite score

Waltham Forest GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Waltham Forest ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Waltham Forest with published GCSE results

More about schools in Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest GCSE results: common questions